Server Side Quality Engineer Disclaimer: Palantir Technologies is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Palantir.net, Inc. Palantir.net?s website is located at www.palantir.net. Palantir Server Side Quality Engineers work on cross-functional product teams to ensure a successful, high quality product release. We are looking for bright, creative, and detail-oriented engineers with a hacker mindset to fill this role. As a Server Side Quality Engineer at Palantir, you will play a critical role in defining Palantir?s world-class information analysis platform. This is an opportunity to join a fast growing start-up and be a critical member on cross-functional product teams building disruptive technology. Candidate Profile - You have been tinkering with computers since grade school - Your parents have been angry at you for destroying the family PC by taking it apart - You've built a Linux kernel from scratch because it seemed fun - You keep switching Linux distributions because you want to try them all - You've used wireshark to see if SSL really works as intended - Your home network consists of a bunch of old computers running FreeBSD, even though it's easier to buy a router - The most interesting courses you've taken in school are algorithms, operating systems, distributed systems, and file systems Responsibilities - Review and critique software architecture and specifications - Design and execute test cases based on customer workflows - Develop software tools to automate testing and to validate functionality - Create tools to generate representative large data sets for scale testing - Work with developers to identify problem areas in the code - Find and file defects; verify fixed deficiencies - Debug software/server issues - Work with forward deployed engineers to ensure successful deployment of software releases onto customer sites Requirements - BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or another Mathematics/Science related degree - Strong experience with Linux; specifically, the ability to diagnose software issues on a server environment - Strong shell scripting, Python or Perl - Systems administration experience highly desired - Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with ad-hoc objectives - Excellent teamwork, independent decision making, and written/verbal communication skills - Analytical thinking, creative problem solving, trouble shooting, and attention-to-detail a must In order to be eligible for this position you must apply online at: http://palantir.com/careers/PositionDetail?id=a0m80000000jNlvAAE